Monday, February 12, 2007

Been slacking with writing, but not running

I've had every excuse to not workout lately. My kids have been verysick - so sick that they've been to the doctor several times to no avail(I'm starting to wonder if they'll ever be healthy again). They areeach averaging 2 night-wakings a night, and I'm a walking zombie. As aconsequence, I got sick too. I've got a sore throat, bad cough,wheezing, and sneezing. It makes running very difficult. And, afterfinally deciding that the club house really doesn't open before 5am,I've been running outside (just incase any of my readers don't knowthis: its winter and cold/snowy/windy/icy outside).

So, to recap: bad weather + sickness = a very good reason to stay inbed 30 extra minutes in the morning.

But I've been good. I've stuck to my "couch to 5k in 9 weeks" planreligiously. Or, as religiously as I can. I don't have a way to timemyself, so I either count steps or houses to gauge my running/walkingtimes. I'm feeling good too. Ben has been running at work on hislunch break, and we've both noticed a big difference in how we feel. Iteven feels like we're nicer to each other. Amazingly, I'm not even astired as I should be -I'm actually starting to really enjoy my earlymorning runs. And as an added bonus, I've lost 2 pounds in 2 weeks.

This morning, Bryn woke up to nurse about 4:10. When she was finishedI just got my stuff on and went out. It had precipitated overnight, andeverything had a nice coat of ice on it. The road was very slippery,but I found that if I ran in the middle of the road where cars had gone,that it was runnable. I wear a pedometer, and in 30 minutes I did 2.21miles. Not a race-winning pace, but not too shabby either.

Oh, and as a P.S. for those of you who want to know how I am postingfrom my email (hence the strange formatting), if you go back to my firstentry of the year (titled So Much to Say, So Little Time) and readKristina's comment, it explains it. Or, you can go into the blognavigator page and adjust it there. I can't remember the exact place,but I can check from home later and post directions.

1 comment:

Kristina
said...

Awesome!!! I'm so very proud of you!! And it looks like this is just the thing you needed to get your metabolism kicking again and get that weight off.

I've been pretty good myself- I got on the elliptial 3 times last week and again this morning. I'm aiming for 5 times this week- maybe aiming is the wrong word. It gives me an out and I don't want that. You're definitely inspiring me to keep going- so keep posting, okay?!?!

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My husband says that when I do something, I go all-out. The problem is, I have 100 hobbies. . . and I'm not very good at any of them. I'm a full-time working mother, who also tries to find time to spend time with my two girls, run, craft, and take pictures of everything.